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Alma

For the past two weeks room 8.1 has been watching a short film about a girl named Alma and also writing from her perspective. Here is my work from her perspective.

I skip past all the tall apartments. Snot drips down my upper lip. I see the missing children posters but don’t notice it enough to wonder where they went. While skipping I hear my footsteps on the cobblestone road as the wind blows around me. I taste the little snowflakes; not tasting like I thought they would. I was skipping when I came across a black board with a bunch of peoples names on it. Finding a piece of gritty chalk I write my name as well.

After I write my name I hear a squeaky, old, raspy sound of gears turning for the first time in years.  I turn around to see what’s happening. A doll, similar to what I look like, is staring back at me. I want it. I run to the door but it is locked. I am angry. I throw a snowball at the door and storm off in a pit of IMMENSE RAGE. Abruptly the door slightly opens making a groaning, grinding, scraping sound.

The door opens even more. I run towards it with joy. Inside I look around at many dolls. Some look weird and old. Some are hideous. Stepping into the old, dusty shop my footsteps crunch echoing at the same time on the hard, dusty floor. I see the doll on a table. I am about to grab it when a doll falls out of nowhere. It’s like it is trying to escape. I put it right side up and it cycles to the door trying to escape. I turn around to get my doll but it has moved to a high shelf. I climb onto a couch, take off my mitten to grab it . I stretch. . .

I stretch and stretch and stretch to grab my doll. I touch it. My doll consumes my soul. My eyes click as I look around the shop. I hear the gears moving again  as I see the back of another doll  pop up from the floor.
I hope someone can save me.

 

 

 

ATAMIRA : Kori Purakau workshop

Today was a wonderful day because it is St Patrick’s day and we got to go to the Due Drop Events center to have the best time of our lives. When we arrived at the Due Drop Events center we waited inside for 10 minutes before the dance teachers came out and introduced themselves and did a little prayer to start us off for the day. Before we went into the theaters they took us outside and showed us a poe with different animals and people on it like Kupe, he was on the top  and animals like owls, lizards and even a whale. They told us that the wood that was used to build the statue was 5,000 years old! We went back inside and went into the four wind theaters. To get started we did a dance where you would repeat the moves they did for warm up. To get started on the actual thing we did dance moves representing some of the Maori Gods like the God of the sea, the God of the wind, and more. We had morning tea after all the dancing and movement and everyone was hungry but I like to think they had fun. After morning tea we came back inside and did this game where you dance and move while the lively, lovely music blasts through the theater. And when the music stops you freeze and they tell how many people in a group and what shape is like a group of three and the shape is a house. That was super exciting everyone had fun and laughter filled the theater and everything was awesome. After that exciting  game we played this game where someone says the name of the animal and we had to act like the animal that was fun. When that was done we had to do a dance and did all of our dances at the end of the day. When everyone finished their dance we had to perform it in front of the other groups and my group went first. After all the groups finished their dance we did a prayer before going back onto the bus and going back to school.

                                 

 

 

St Francis of Assisi

I learnt that St Francis of Assisi had some great wealth and he wanted to be a knight. His turning point was when he was praying in the crumbling San Damiano he felt God talking to him and God told him to repair his house. Meaning to help the people who have been forgotten. When helping others he was not alone. St Francis of Assisi and others would go around and help the sick and poor. St Francis of Assisi saw the sun as his brother and the moon as his sister and all living creatures is a gift created by a loving creator. St Francis of Assisi would cross battles to speak with the Sultan to end fighting through friendship instead of swords.

 

Screen cast About Dragon ball

Today and the day before we had to do a screen cast about a fan fiction story on Dragon Ball. You also have to have a partner and work together. here’s my Partner and I’s work.

Goku is training around the world to get stronger to defeat pilaf. He uses the dragon radar to track down pilaf and retrieve the final Dragon Ball. 

Goku called flying nimbus and rushed to the mountains,to stop pilaf and his crew and retrieve the dragon ball. On his way to Pilaf, Goku saw a baby wolf cornered by 6 bears. Without wasting a second, Goku immediately rushed to help the baby wolf. He took his power pole and whacked the bears far far away . Goku took care of the baby wolf and eventually became his pet,so he named him Sora. Goku was planning to drop Sora home before fighting Pilaf and his crew.

”I’m hungry” said Goku.

He hopped on a flying nimbus and took Sora back home and introduced him to Bulma and to others before having lunch. He called flying nimbus and set back on his mission to stop Pilaf.

He makes it past the forest and makes it to the mountains to fight Pilaf’s crew. Goku saw pilaf and the final Dragon Ball. Goku went full speed ahead but Pilaf released all the monsters and Goku was in trouble.

Goku gets grabbed by a giant heavy claw and is not able to move. Goku is able to break one part of the claw and jumps back. The crew runs away and they leave without the dragon ball. Goku defeats the monsters and retrieves the last dragon ball. Then he goes home and trains for the next martial arts tournament.

Foreshadowing.

Here is my writing on foreshadowing in Dragon Ball .

For the last two weeks we have been studying the story of Dragon ball. Foreshadowing is really good for dragon ball because the author shows you what is going to happen next in the story. It shows things like fights, danger, someone died, you get the point. This makes Dragon ball AWESOME ,FUN.!!!

When the story foreshadows a new character is when someone asks another character to find someone. Another way is when someone is talking but you can only hear their voice. This makes you want to find out what he/she looks like and this is fun to watch.

New problems can happen when someone needs help or needs to defeat a bad guy and save the day. For example someone destroys 10 villages because his dad was a demon and no one let him stay. Therefore someone has to make him snap out of it.

New places can give clues to what the character is going to feel. Like feeling cold in a snowy place feeling hot in the desert. That is foreshadowing and it makes Dragon Ball fun to watch.

This is why I like foreshadowing in the stories I watch. I like cartoons, TV series, anime and more.! I hope to find out more about Dragon ball.

Things I Want My Next Teacher to Know about me.

Last week Room 7 and I  were doing a slide about Things I Want My Next Teacher to Know about me. Things like my hobbies, skills, Dislikes, and more. This helps the next teacher to improve the skills of people in the class. so people don’t like going to the next class because they think they are scary. I sometimes hope that the next one is fun.

 

Last week’s R.E.

Last week for our R.E we had to explain the Annunciation. And after that we did a google drawing of the event. The Annunciation is when Angel Gabriel told Mary that she was going to have a baby. And she has to name it Jesus as he is the child of God. Mary agrees as she prays to God everyday. Angel Gabriel told her she will have it in 9 months and so angel Gabriel was gone just like that. He is My Google drawing about the event.

 

Our Swimming Lessons

During the last 2 weeks we had swimming lessons. At CLM  round the bays. room 2 went first then all the boys in room 6, 7, and 8 went next and last the senior girls went last. every time before we went to the lessons our teacher put on different cartoons but everyone was doing their own things.

When we went the lessons were only 30 minutes there were three groups Beginner, intermediate, and Advanced I went to beginner. I had different teachers Chirstine, Kai, Kerry, and Parys and all of them were great i had fun doing things like. getting in the pool in different ways like the pencil drop, and going  into a ball and falling into the pool. When we got in the pool we had to put our hands on the right hand side and push our self into the pool and start the lessons and sculling all of these lessons were awesome.

Next year i hope to learn more and new things and thank you to CLM round the bays and all the teachers I hope to see them next year.